Patents by Inventor Phillip C. Arnett

Phillip C. Arnett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated validation of peripheral director hardware
    Patent number: 8015274
    Abstract: A system and method of automating the validation and control of peripheral director hardware in a switched fabric network. A system is provided that includes a script language processor for interpreting high-level statements and generating command functions understood by an application programming interface (API) associated with the switched fabric network, wherein the command functions include a query switch command, a query interface switch command, a write switch command, and a display result command; and a system for generating an output in response to a set of command functions submitted to the switched fabric network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J. Firley, Phillip C. Arnett, Roland M. Foster, Robert G. Warner, Scott W. Wood
  • AUTOMATED VALIDATION OF PERIPHERAL DIRECTOR HARDWARE
    Publication number: 20080225849
    Abstract: A system and method of automating the validation and control of peripheral director hardware in a switched fabric network. A system is provided that includes a script language processor for interpreting high-level statements and generating command functions understood by an application programming interface (API) associated with the switched fabric network, wherein the command functions include a query switch command, a query interface switch command, a write switch command, and a display result command; and a system for generating an output in response to a set of command functions submitted to the switched fabric network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Mark J. Firley, Phillip C. Arnett, Roland M. Foster, Robert G. Warner, Scott W. Wood